Method for operating voice chat room dependent on message chat room, and server and terminal for performing the same

1. A method for operating a voice chat room subordinate to a pre-existing message chat room, the method comprising: managing, by a server, messages transmitted and received through the pre-existing message chat room; receiving, by the server, a request for creation of the voice chat room subordinate to the pre-existing message chat room from a first terminal, wherein the voice chat room is configured to allow participants composed of at least one speaker and at least one listener to transmit or receive audio information, and is configured to allow only participants of the pre-existing message chat room to participate; creating, by the server, the voice chat room in response to the received request for the creation of the voice chat room; and providing, by the server, information about the voice chat room to a second terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the server switches a listener to a speaker based on a predetermined criterion.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein an authority to request the creation of the voice chat room is granted to at least one of the participants of the pre-existing message chat room.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising: providing, by the server, at least one of the messages transmitted and received through the pre-existing message chat room to the participants of the voice chat room through the voice chat room.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the pre-existing message chat room is either a private chat room where only a creator of the pre-existing message chat room and any participant invited by the creator are allowed to participate, or a public chat room where participation is allowed through link information.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising: generating, by the server, link information corresponding to the voice chat room when the voice chat room is created by the server.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving, by the server, a request from the second terminal for provision of at least a part of audio information transmitted and received through the voice chat room while not participating in the voice chat room; and in response to the request for the provision of the at least a part of the audio information, providing, by the server, the at least a part of audio information to the second terminal.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving, by the server, of the request for the creation of the voice chat room subordinate to the pre-existing message chat room from the first terminal comprises receiving, by the server, condition information for creating the voice chat room from the first terminal, and wherein the creating, by the server, of the voice chat room in response to the received request for the creation of the voice chat room comprises creating the voice chat room when the condition information for creating the voice chat room is satisfied.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the information about the voice chat room comprises information that the voice chat room is being operated.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein a speaker is capable of transmitting the audio information to a listener, and the listener is capable of only receiving the audio information.

11. A method for participating in a voice chat room subordinate to a pre-existing message chat room, the method comprising: displaying, by a terminal, the pre-existing message chat room; transmitting, by the terminal, a request for creation of the voice chat room subordinate to the pre-existing message chat room to a server in response to an interaction for requesting the creation of the voice chat room, wherein the voice chat room is configured to allow participants composed of at least one speaker and at least one listener to transmit or receive audio information, and is configured to allow only participants of the pre-existing message chat room to participate; receiving, by the terminal, information about the voice chat room; and displaying, by the terminal, the voice chat room.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein an authority to request the creation of the voice chat room is granted to at least one of the participants of the pre-existing message chat room.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising: displaying, by the terminal, at least one of messages transmitted and received through the pre-existing message chat room in the voice chat room.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the pre-existing message chat room is either a private chat room where only a creator of the pre-existing message chat room and any participant invited by the creator are allowed to participate, or a public chat room where participation is allowed through link information.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising: displaying, by the terminal, information that the voice chat room is being operated.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising: displaying, by the terminal, information that the voice chat room is being operated in a form of a message in the pre-existing message chat room or in a specific area of the pre-existing message chat room.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising: displaying, by the terminal, information that the voice chat room is being operated, in a message chat room list where information on multiple message chat rooms is displayed.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the information about the voice chat room comprises link information corresponding to the voice chat room.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein a speaker is capable of transmitting the audio information to a listener, and the listener is capable of only receiving the audio information.

20. A method for participating in a voice chat room subordinate to a pre-existing message chat room, the method comprising: displaying, by a terminal, link information for the voice chat room, wherein the voice chat room is configured to allow participants composed of at least one speaker and at least one listener to transmit or receive audio information, and is configured to allow only participants of the pre-existing message chat room to participate; transmitting, by the terminal, a request for participation in the voice chat room to a server; and displaying, by the terminal, the voice chat room.